Rethinking Construction
Demonstration
nomination form
Please note
 Demonstration status does not imply any guarantee or warranty by Rethinking Construction on the design or
construction of the project, process, product or respect for people issues.
introduction
Rethinking Construction is delighted that you are submitting a potential demonstration
within construction. By demonstrating innovation and best practice we aim to encourage
others to participate in implementing ‘rethinking construction’ and to promote ongoing
improvement throughout the UK construction industry.
This form is designed to help you provide a basic outline of your potential demonstration
and the expected benefits. (Further details including benchmarking, demonstration specific
indicators and milestones for delivery will be sought prior to an assessment meeting).
Please complete all sections of this form for each potential demonstration you wish to
nominate. Copies of this form are also available on our website.
www.rethinkingconstruction.org.uk
This form should be completed in electronic format if possible. If not possible, photocopies
are acceptable
rethinking construction charter
A condition of acceptance as a demonstration is that the whole team agree to the points set out below and
that the nominated representatives of demonstrations / products / tools and processes sign the Rethinking
Construction Charter (see separate document Appendix 1).
The Charter states that all parties agree to:
 Comply with the aims and objectives of the Rethinking Construction agenda by:
 Demonstrating innovative approaches to construction, covering processes & products
 Demonstrating ‘Respect for People’ Initiatives
 Creating sustainable development
 Demonstrating continuous improvements based on clear benchmarks
 Involve the whole supply chain in the Rethinking Construction demonstration process at the earliest
possible opportunity, preferably design.
 Increase knowledge by dissemination by sharing with others within the Rethinking Construction Initiative
lessons learned, in an open and honest way, through attendance at Cluster meetings and regular
updates to an agreed schedule.
 Commit to being both open and honest with successes and the lessons to be learned from failures and
to report these in an objective manner throughout the entire organisation to promote a learning culture.
 Commit to measurement through the appropriate industry headline and project-specific Key Performance
Indicators.
 Identify appropriate benchmarks and supplementary indicators for other innovations. (For example,
sustainability indicators, quality indicators, value analysis and respect for people).
 Undertake annual customer feedback and be prepared to share this with cluster members to illustrate
that change is taking place.
 Disseminate the lessons learnt on the demonstration throughout the organisation, team members and to
the rest of the industry in conjunction with the Rethinking Construction Regional Co-ordinator.
1. principal contact details
Name: R D Stone OBE Position: Regional Strategic Advisor
Organisation: CITB- ConstructionSkills
Address: 7 Kew Court
Pynes Hill
EXETER EX2 5AZ
Tel: 01392 444900 Fax: 01392 445044 Email:
Roger.Stone@citb.co.uk
I am the nominated KPI Collector
2. demonstration team
Who are the active partners within this proposal (please list all involved)?
Name: Company: Telephone: e-mail:
J.Price SWRDA 01392 229516
D.Baker CIOB
CITB-
R.Stone (Chair) 01392 444900 As above
ConstructionSkills
LLSC, FE
Sub-Regional
Colleges,
partners from:
JobCentrePlus
We do / we do not want our contact details published on the website
(delete as applicable)
3. demonstration address (only applicable to site based demonstrations)
Please give the address of the demonstration if different from the above
Project title: Constructive series
Address: As 1 above
Postcode:
Telephone: Fax: URL:
4. demonstration details
Start on Site: Sep 02 Estimated Completion Date: Ongoing
individual project builds
Total Construction Cost:
Type of Work: Type of Site:
Newbuild/Refurb/R&M
Type of Contract/ Procurement: Construction Type:
Client Sector : Private/Public/Social No of Units: (if housing)
5. description (demonstration proposal)
What type of demonstration do you wish to nominate? (More than 1 box may be
ticked)
Product (Product Devt. & Production of Components) 
Process (Partnering & Project Implementation x
Respect for People 
Sustainability 
Demonstration of Organisational Change 
Demonstration Name: Constructive Series
Demonstration Proposal: The ‘Constructive’ series was formed to bring ‘positive
outcomes to Construction’. By pooling partnership resources and funding, we are
helping local people to secure jobs and providing a facility that encourages local
companies to upskill their workforce and bring new recruits into the industry. Our
overall aim is to have an impact on the local economy, provide sustainable
employment and share best practice between individual ‘Constructive’ areas.
Besides raising current skill levels through apprenticeship training and on-site
assessment, we seek to encourage recruitment by working with local schools to
introduce construction careers at an early stage. Moreover, as a main aim of the
partnership, we are encouraging more women, ethnic minorities, the long-term
unemployed and the economically inactive to join the industry.
The ‘Constructive’ series was initiated in Cornwall and is being rolled out in
Somerset, Devon, Gloucestershire and West of England under a common framework
and mission. The key strategic partners are CITB-ConstructionSkills, SWRDA,
Jobcentreplus, the Local LSC, FE and client/ employers representatives. An
operational team, led by CITB, works directly with lead contractors and their supply
chain.
The demonstration is ‘best practice through partnering’.
Please use separate sheet if required
6. description of innovations and expected benefits
Adult Apprenticeships (25 –62). Currently no government funding or Industry
strategy. Through the Constructive series we are funding ‘NVQ, H&S and
College Day release’ as well as ‘childcare/ transport’ for single parents.
Benefit: Additional industry recruits to NVQ/ H&S qualified status
Non-Traditional Workforce. The pooling of partnership resources to increase
the awareness of construction as a viable occupation to ‘non-traditional’ groups
through FE ‘taster’ courses
Benefit: Increase the recruitment catchment area
Qualified Workforce. By targeting, and working with, the lead contractor and
their supply chain, the partnership brings its resources to bear on ‘large build’
projects within the region and works a training plan with companies to qualify the
workforce.
Benefit: Single site point of contact. More efficient use of resources and
partnership money to assist training
Supervisory and Management Training. The Partnership facilitates funding for
SME Supervisor’s and Manager’s courses that lead beneficiaries towards NVQ 3
& 4 qualifications
Benefit: Expanding remit for training of SME’s to managerial levels
Image and Recruitment. By forming a partnership of key Regional
stakeholders, the ‘Constructive’ series is fostering positive action and an
increased awareness of the Construction Industry.
Benefit: Currently Construction is not classed as a ‘key’ sector by the SWRDA.
The ‘series’ is promoting the image of construction in a positive manner. In turn,
that will enhance the stature of the Industry regionally and through ‘Partnership
funded projects’ will encourage wider recruitment, particularly from non-traditional
sources, and a better qualified workforce.
Sustainable Jobs. More and more ‘clients’ are stating in contracts that a
qualified workforce is to be used. This means that ‘unqualified’ companies are
excluded from contracts, leading to redundancies within the industry.
Benefit: By facilitating opportunities for companies to qualify their workforce and
by arranging for new workers to be trained to Industry required standards, the
Constructive series is giving the opportunity for more South West SME’s to be
able to tender for work and thus able to sustain their workforce in employment.
7. annual targets
Which of the following year on year Rethinking Construction targets do you wish to
set as goals and in what priority: (Where your demonstration % targets differ from
these, please specify the % goal against the target ticked.)
Tick
targets Rank
Annual Targets
& specify % priority
where different
Capital Costs (excluding land & finance) -10%
NA –
Construction Time (from client approval to -10% Individual
P.C.) -20% targets set
Defects (No. at handover) -20% for each
Accidents (No. of reportable accidents) +20% build project
Predictability (No. projects completed on time & +10%
budget +10%
Productivity (Increase in value added per head) +10%
Turnover and Profits
Customer Satisfaction – Service
Customer Satisfaction – Product
Sustainability
Respect for People
A
8. Key milestones
Please state the key demonstration related milestones
1. Work with ‘key’ project clients to confirm 2004 ‘large build’ projects (Dec 03)
2. Client ‘training’ clause with each new project (as appropriate)
3. Establish Constructive West of England Strategic Steering Group (Dec 03)
4. Establish Constructive West of England Operational Group (Jan 04)
5. Launch Constructive Devon and Constructive Gloucestershire (early 2004)
6. Launch Constructive West of England (Mar 04)
7. Each Operational team to develop funding/ project requirements on a case-
by-case basis (Jan-May 04)
8. Each area to develop training plans with ‘lead contractors’ (Jan-May 04)
9. Lead contractors to supply operational team with their supply chain
10. Operational teams to work with employers on ‘qualifying their workforce’
requirements and opportunities for new Apprenticeship vacancies (Adult and
New Entrants 16-24) –(ongoing throughout 2004)
11. Each area to develop realistic, achievable and measurable targets
12. CITB-ConstructionSkills to engage their OSAT and NET staff in training
(2004)
13. Jobcentreplus to develop Skills register of unskilled, semi-skilled and skilled
workers wishing to join/ rejoin the industry (ongoing in 2004)
14. FE and private Training Providers to carry out NVQ training (ongoing in 2004)
15. Strategic partnerships to investigate with clients follow-on projects (as
required)
16. Strategic partnerships to brief and direct operational teams on new projects
9. Demonstration specific benchmarks
To be completed at a later date
Key
Benchmarki Target Innovation
Improvement Rank
Annual Targets ng Info & (Predicted
leading to
priority
Data Source Savings) Target
Achievement
1200 NVQ 2’s via OSAT 1 LSC/CITB
contract
200 new Adult Apprenticeships 1 Adult funding
ESF projects
140 new SME’s claiming 1
training grants
20 SME’s committed to IiP 1 Partnership
with Business
Link
50 Women and ethnic minority 1 Women and
recruits ethnic taster
courses
40 new apprenticeships from 1 CITB/ LLSC
Out-of-Scope companies innovative
OOS funding
300 work placements for 1 Education
school pupils (14-19) contracts
CITB/ EBPs
10. Dissemination
Details of this demonstration and team may be made public through publication on any
of the Rethinking Construction websites. You are advised to look at the website and
notify us of any information that you do not want published in advance of acceptance
as a demonstration.
11. Completed forms should be emailed to:
alex@thehousingforum.demon.co.uk
Or if a paper copy please return to:
Rethinking Construction Ltd
108 – 110 Judd Street
London WC1H 9PX
Tel: 020 7837 5702
Fax: 020 7813 3060
Official Use Only:
Received: Acknowledged:
Number: Cluster:
Project Process
People Products
Rethinking Construction Demonstration charter
A condition of acceptance as a demonstration is that
the whole team agree to the points set out below and
that the nominated representatives of demonstrations /
products / tools and processes sign this Rethinking
Construction Charter.
We agree to:
 Comply with the aims and objectives of the Rethinking Construction agenda by:
 Demonstrating innovative ways of delivering projects, processes & products
 Demonstrating ‘Respect for People’ Initiatives
 Creating sustainable development
 Demonstrating improvements based on clear benchmarks
 Involve the whole supply chain organisation in the Rethinking Construction demonstration
process.
 Increase knowledge dissemination by sharing with others within the Rethinking Construction
Initiative lessons learned, in an open and honest way, through attendance at Cluster meetings
and regular updates to an agreed schedule.
 Commit to being both open and honest with successes and the lessons to be learned from
failures and to report these in an objective manner throughout the entire organisation to
promote a learning culture.
 Commit to measurement through the appropriate headline and project-specific Key
Performance Indicators (KPI’s).
 Identify appropriate benchmarks and supplementary indicators for other innovations. (For
example, sustainability indicators, quality indicators, value analysis and respect for people).
 Undertake annual customer feedback and be prepared to share this with cluster members to
illustrate that change is taking place.
 Disseminate the lessons learnt on the demonstration throughout the organisation, team
members and to the rest of the industry in conjunction with the Rethinking Construction
Regional Co-ordinator.
Please note that information will be shared where appropriate within the Rethinking Construction
Initiative and its auditing authorities, and will be published collectively unless prior permission from
the participating organisation has been obtained. KPI data will also be published collectively unless
permission has been obtained.
We accept the obligations of the Rethinking Construction Charter:
Signed:………………………………………………………(Director or CEO)
For and on behalf of…………………………………………Demonstration/ Approved Project/
Demonstration of Organisational Change